Describing BNP's acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's remarks on Awami League (AL) and its chief Sheikh Hasina as devoid of political etiquette, Health Minister Mohammad Nasim said on Monday the people of the country will give a befitting...
Tarique Rahman has alleged Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman led a family of killers, stirring up fresh controversy after having made waves earlier by saying he was a failure. The BNP senior vice-chairman made a series of...
Outgoing Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Li Jun met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night. The nearly two-hour meeting that started around 8pm was held at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office. Party sources said the BNP chief and the Chinese...
A Dhaka court framed Monday charges against 147 leaders and activists of the BNP-led 18-party alliance, including BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and publicity secretary Zainal Abdin Farroque, in a case filed for unleashing violence from an anti-government...
Terming BNP's senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman a coward, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader urged him on Monday to return home to face Awami League (AL) politically, reports UNB. "He (Tarique) yells from London. If he has the enough courage then he...
Health experts said Monday there is no reason to get panicked about Ebola virus infection in Bangladesh, reports UNB. Doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) came up with the assurance at a scientific seminar on 'Menace of Ebola...
Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia has been shut following a clash between police and members of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, reports bdnews24.com. Students have been asked to vacate the residential halls by 12pm, Proctor Mahabubur Rahman said. The decision was...
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunals (ICTs) submitted on Monday a 844-page report to the prosecution on the war crimes charges against three detained war crimes suspects-Siraj Master, Khan Akram Hossain and Abdul Latif Talukder of Bagerhat district,...
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 asked on Monday the prosecution counsel to satisfy it with legal points as to how a local civilian war crimes accused had exerted superior command responsibility in the commission of the offence of crimes against humanity...
NATORE, Aug 25 (UNB): A court here turned down on Monday the bail petitions of 72 BNP leaders and activists and sent them to jail in separate cases filed in connection with violence during the Upazila polls. Natore Chief Judicial...
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Experts at a roundtable Monday urged the government to increase funding to continue the present success of the country's tuberculosis control activities. "Better technologies may be needed to detect TB infection in future. Donor support is yet another concern in...
In the last 12 months ending in June, 2014, UNHCR estimated that some 53,000 people departed irregularly through Bay of Bengal from the Bangladesh-Myanmar border, a 61 per cent rise from the previous 12 months, reports UNB. As in previous...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali stressed Monday the need for strengthening victim and witness protection regime through identifying and addressing the gaps to ensure the full protection of witnesses to terrorism, reports UNB. "We must leverage that synergy to further...
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Dhaka WASA has set a target to reduce dependency on ground water to 30 per cent from current 78 per cent by 2020. Managing Director of Dhaka WASA Taqsem A Khan disclosed this in a discussion meeting on 'water of...
NOAKHALI, Aug 25 (UNB): At least 10 fishermen were injured, including seven with bullets, in an attack by pirates in the Bay of Bengal under Hatiya Upazila early Monday. Ten other fishermen remain missing as the miscreants threw them into...
David Meale has joined the US Embassy in Dhaka as its new Deputy Chief of Mission, reports UNB. Meale was previously the Counsellor for Economic Affairs at the US Embassy in Kiev, Ukraine, says a press release Monday. With over...
Customs intelligence officials seized 893 cartons of contraband cigarettes from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city Monday morning, reports UNB. Airport custom officials said a flight of Qatar Airlines 'QR 632' from Pakistan via Doha landed at the airport...
Detective Branch (DB) of Police in a drive arrested four people along with .05 million pieces of Yaba tablets and some equipment used to manufacture the drug from the city's Khilgaon area Sunday night, reports UNB. Tipped-off, a team of...
The Institute of Modern Languages (IML) of Dhaka University (DU) opened the expanded and newly-decorated Korean Language Department Monday. DU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique inaugurated it as the chief guest, says a press release. Korean Ambassador in Bangladesh...
A 16-member delegation of Indian National Defence College (NDC) headed by Major General Anurag Gupta made a courtesy call on Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral M Farid Habib at Banani Navy Headquarters in the city Monday. During the meeting,...
Dr Md Anwarul Azim, former professor of Industrial and Production Engineering (IPE) Department of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), died at the BIRDEM hospital in the city Friday. He joined the Mechanical Department of BUET as lecturer in...
Engineer Ruhul Amin, former MP from Patuakhali 2 constituency, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) around 11:00 pm Sunday. He was 65. He left behind his wife, three sons, one daughter and a host of well wishers. People of...
President Abdul Hamid returned home Monday morning from London after wrapping up a seven-day visit there for eye treatment, reports UNB. A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the president landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) at 8:30...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Dhaka, Rangpur, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rajshahi, Khulna and Barisal divisions until 6:00 pm Tuesday. Moderately...
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Owners of some non-compliant readymade garment (RMG) factories have started relocating their units to new places. Many of them are considering such an option for their survival in the face of ongoing work-place safety issues, industry insiders said. But, non-availability...
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Farm credit disbursement decreased by nearly 8.0 per cent in July compared to the corresponding period of the last year, officials said. Disbursement of agricultural loan came down to Tk 9.04 billion in the first month of the current fiscal...
Islamist fundamentalists, mainly Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, received funds from Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen, the prime accused in the multi-crore chit fund scam, to fuel agitation against Awami League government, reports Indian media. Saradha Group chairman Sudipto Sen not only funded...
The BNP-led 20-party alliance announced Monday a three-day programme in protest against forced disappearances and the government move to empower parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges, reports UNB. BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme at a...
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